Computer hacking invader targeted women and teens for “sextortion”

Dave Gibson — The Examiner
L.A., Calif. — Last week, U.S. District Judge George H. King sentenced Luis Mijangos, 32, to six years in prison for what Judge King characterized as “psychological warfare” and “cyberterrorism,” by using threats of extortion to obtain sexually explicit photos from women and teenage girls. — In March, Mijangos pleaded guilty to computer hacking and wiretapping, also admitting to that using spyware to hack into a teenage girl’s computer, and using her own webcam to obtain nude photos of her. He even recorded the girl’s conversations by using the microphone on her computer. — According to federal charging documents, Mijangos “infected the computers of hundreds of victims…” Read More